Year Round Staff

2019 Summer Camp - First Session

Starts In

Ernie Fernandez, M.D.

Camp Director

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Dr. Fernandez has served as Camp Director since 1991. He joined the Sweeney Medical Staff in 1985 and is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Fernandez graduated medical school from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas and completed he is Residency at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. He is an Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.

Kathryn Sumpter, M.D.

Medical Director of Development

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A Texas native, Dr. Sumpter was born in Austin but moved to St. Petersburg, FL at the age of 6. She eventually returned to Texas to attend Rice University. During her junior year, Dr. Sumpter took a road trip with friends and made them stop every hour or so to let her use the bathroom and buy another water bottle. A few weeks later, she was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. That diagnosis changed her life in many ways, including her career choice. After a brief stint as a management consultant, Dr. Sumpter attended UT Southwestern and has been there ever since, first as a student, then a resident, then a fellow, and now as an attending Pediatric Endocrinologist. Camp Sweeney has been close to her heart since she became as a medical student in 2002.

Soumya Adhikari, M.D.

Medical Director of Faculty and Research

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Dr. Adhikari came to Children’s Medical Center and UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2001 to complete his residency in Pediatrics. Prior to that he completed his undergraduate education at the University of Florida and went on to medical school at the University of Miami (FL). At the conclusion of his residency he was awarded the “White Hat” award, as elected by vote of his fellow 3rd year residents when asked to select the colleague they would most want as their own child’s pediatrician. After his residency he stayed at UT Southwestern (UTSW) to complete a fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology. Upon completion of his fellowship, he joined the faculty at UTSW, as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. In 2008, he assumed the position of the Director of the Pediatrics Clerkship, in addition to his clinical responsibilities.